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• Teen Crushed By Pillar At Tulsa High School Sues District

  08-09-2016 23:58
  
  A teenager who was crushed by a pillar at a Tulsa high school filed suit against the district and its maintenance company.
  
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• Motorcycle And Car Involved In Fatal Crash On Tulsa Highway

  08-09-2016 23:56
  
  A car-motorcycle crash on Highway 169 at 46th Street North closed the inside northbound lane for over an hour Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Tribe challenging pipeline has some advantages in courtroom

  08-09-2016 23:51
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The American Indians challenging an oil pipeline that would cross four states have some legal advantages in a courtroom, particularly their tribe's status as a sovereign nation with
  
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• Forum puts focus on how Clinton is judged compared to Trump

  08-09-2016 23:49
  
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — For months, Hillary Clinton's supporters have griped that she's held to a higher, harder standard than Donald Trump. After Wednesday night's forum on national security, those
  
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• The Latest: N Carolina elections board expand voting hours

  08-09-2016 23:44
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on early voting plans being decided by the North Carolina State Board of Elections (all times local):
  
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• Kerry heads to Geneva for Syria talks with Russian FM

  08-09-2016 23:42
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is heading to Geneva for yet another meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to try to forge a nationwide truce in Syria, improve humanitari
  
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• Former Tulsa Police Officer Indicted For Illegally Selling Guns

  08-09-2016 23:30
  
  A former Tulsa police officer who already went to prison for selling guns illegally was indicted by a grand jury for the same charge.
  
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• The Latest: Colin Powell defends use of private emails

  08-09-2016 23:18
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Campaign 2016 (all times EDT):
  
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• Colin Powell: Using private email same as private phone call

  08-09-2016 23:14
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is defending himself following the release of a 2009 email exchange with Hillary Clinton, describing his use of a private, dial-up email accoun
  
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• Cincinnati Zoo evacuated after suspicious package report

  08-09-2016 23:14
  
  CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Zoo has been evacuated and police are investigating after a report of a suspicious package.
  
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• US officials: IS losses on battlefield won't end threat

  08-09-2016 23:11
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite the Islamic State group's loss of territory, the Islamic extremists will continue to pose serious national security problems for the United States and Europe in coming years,
  
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• US tries rescue mission in Afghanistan, hostages not found

  08-09-2016 23:07
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S special operations forces launched a rescue mission to retrieve two men kidnapped by insurgents in Afghanistan last month, but the hostages were not there when the rescue team ar
  
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• Police video shows Nevada murder suspect break cuffs, escape

  08-09-2016 23:05
  
  NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Police video shows a Nevada homicide suspect handcuffed to a table in a police interview room twisting his body to muscle the hinge of handcuffs attaching his right wrist
  
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• Lauer's rough night increases pressure on debate moderators

  08-09-2016 23:04
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Traffic cop or truth detector? The rough reception given Matt Lauer for his back-to-back interviews with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump laid bare a disagreement over whether journali
  
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• District 2 City Council challenger arrested on misdemeanor complaints

  08-09-2016 23:00
  
  Aaron Bisogno, seeking to unseat Councilor Jeannie Cue, was arrested Aug. 26 in Sand Springs for allegedly driving under the influence of drugs, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia and speeding, according to arrest records.
  
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• Former Tulsa Police Officer Indicted By Grand Jury For Illegally Selling Guns

  08-09-2016 22:48
  
  A former Tulsa police officer who already went to prison for selling guns illegally was indicted by a grand jury for the same charge.
  
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• Police: Oregon coach who killed 3 had large amount of pills

  08-09-2016 22:44
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Investigators found an "incredible amount of pills" to treat anxiety and depression at the home of a volunteer high school wrestling coach who last month killed himself, the teen
  
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• The Latest: Clinton discusses book preferences

  08-09-2016 22:36
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Campaign 2016 (all times EDT):
  
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• 3 women detained over gas canisters near Paris' Notre Dame

  08-09-2016 22:31
  
  PARIS (AP) — French police detained three women after a violent standoff Thursday in a terrorism investigation into six gas canisters found in a car abandoned near Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral.
  
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• The Latest: Sheriff: Threats called in after school shooting

  08-09-2016 22:30
  
  ALPINE, Texas (AP) — The Latest on a shooting inside a high school in West Texas (all times local):
  
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• Colin Powell Defends Personal Email Set-Up While Secretary Of State

  08-09-2016 22:26
  
  A newly-released 2009 email exchange between Powell and Hillary Clinton shows how he tried to evade State Department servers to communicate with some people.
  
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• Suspect in slaying of Ohio college student pleads not guilty

  08-09-2016 22:20
  
  WAUSEON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man charged with killing a college student who disappeared while riding her bicycle has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder charges that carry the possibility of a dea
  
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• Maine's secretary of state: I can't start ousting governor

  08-09-2016 22:12
  
  AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's Democratic secretary of state says Republican Gov. Paul LePage's recent behavior has caused outrage but that doesn't mean he can't keep performing as governor.
  
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• Italian populist backs Rome mayor amid administration chaos

  08-09-2016 22:01
  
  ROME (AP) — The leader of Italy's populist 5-Star Movement is giving Rome's embattled mayor a public vote of confidence after her administration fell into disarray over a spate of resignations and jud
  
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• Appeals court has concerns over possible Gitmo video release

  08-09-2016 21:59
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court is expressing concerns about the prospect of ordering the Obama administration to release graphic videos of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate being force-fed dur
  
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• WTC arts center design: Translucent marble and glass cube

  08-09-2016 21:49
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — A design of translucent marble and glass was unveiled Thursday for a long-stalled performing arts center at the World Trade Center complex.
  
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• Texas sheriff: 1 student dead, 1 hurt in school shooting

  08-09-2016 21:39
  
  ALPINE, Texas (AP) — A 14-year-old female student died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday after shooting and injuring another female student inside a high school in West Texas, accor
  
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• Libertarian Johnson takes heat for 'What is Aleppo?' blunder

  08-09-2016 21:38
  
  DENVER (AP) — If it was greater attention Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson wanted, he got it — but probably not the kind he wanted.
  
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• Tulsa area under heat advisory until 7 p.m.; rain likely Friday night

  08-09-2016 21:35
  
  As of Wednesday, Tulsa's only recorded rainfall this month was 0.15 of an inch on Sept. 1, according to the weather service.
  
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• Vanished flag from famous 9/11 photo returns to ground zero

  08-09-2016 21:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — An American flag raised at ground zero on Sept. 11 in a defining moment of patriotic resolve took its place at the site Thursday after disappearing for over a decade.
  
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• 110 people stuck in cable cars at Mont Blanc in Alps

  08-09-2016 21:29
  
  PARIS (AP) — A series of cable cars became stuck over the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps, trapping 110 people who were being evacuated by helicopter on Thursday, French officials said.
  
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• Iranian faction among Kurds trained by US against militants

  08-09-2016 21:27
  
  KHARABRUD, Iraq (AP) — An Iranian Kurdish rebel group received military training in weapons and explosives from U.S. and European advisers as part of the international program backing Kurds in the war
  
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• 'What is Aleppo?' Syrians share stories from war-torn city

  08-09-2016 21:21
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Asked on MSNBC's Morning Joe on Thursday what he would do about the conflict in Aleppo, U.S. presidential candidate Gary Johnson replied, "what is Aleppo?"
  
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• Civil Service Commission considers 'buying-rank' policy changes for Tulsa Police

  08-09-2016 21:20
  
  An officer high on the list for a promotion can pay a soon-to-retire officer the balance they would lose in retiring early, before the list is reset at the end of each year. Tulsa's Fraternal Order of Police president thinks ending the practice through policy violates the union's contract with the city. 
  
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• Tulsa Owl Advocates Surprised By Tree Removal Crew

  08-09-2016 21:17
  
  Members of the Sonoma Midtown Neighborhood Association were surprised by a tree removal crew Thursday morning. 
  
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• UN nuclear report notes Iran is making sensitive parts

  08-09-2016 21:15
  
  VIENNA (AP) — The United Nations agency monitoring the nuclear pact between Iran and six world powers reported Thursday that it has found no violations of the deal meant to crimp Tehran's ability to m
  
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• Lavrov meets with UN special envoy on Syria in Geneva

  08-09-2016 21:14
  
  GENEVA (AP) — Russia's foreign minister has arrived in Geneva and briefly met with the U.N. special envoy on Syria.
  
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• Russian Mideast push could hurt US influence, if talks occur

  08-09-2016 21:12
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — American influence over the Middle East could slip a notch after Israel and the Palestinians agreed in principle to Russian-organized talks in Moscow. That is, if the negotiations ev
  
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• Motorcycle And Car Collide On Tulsa Highway

  08-09-2016 21:12
  
  A car-motorcycle crash on Highway 169 at 46th Street North closed the inside northbound lane for over an hour Thursday afternoon.
  
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• US general: Urban fight to retake Mosul will be difficult

  08-09-2016 21:08
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Defense Intelligence Agency says the urban battle to retake Iraq's second largest city from Islamic State militants that he predicts will unfold in the next two or th
  
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• Woman Arrested, Another Sought After Stabbing, Six-Hour Bixby Standoff

  08-09-2016 21:06
  
  A Bixby standoff ended early Thursday with a woman behind bars and another on the run.
  
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• The Latest: Trump insists, falsely, that he opposed Iraq war

  08-09-2016 21:00
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Campaign 2016 (all times EDT):
  
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• Marines: Recruit killed himself amid culture of abuse

  08-09-2016 20:59
  
  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Marine Corps says a recruit committed suicide in March amid a widespread culture of hazing and abuse in his battalion at Parris Island. The investigation could lead to punish
  
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• Barack Obama is officially now a parasite (it's an honor)

  08-09-2016 20:58
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It's no Nobel Peace Prize, but Barack Obama has a new honor to brag about. Scientists have named a parasite after him — and there's no worming out of it.
  
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• Young voters from newer immigrant families lean more liberal

  08-09-2016 20:57
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll shows that young Hispanic and Asian-Americans who are immigrants or have an immigrant parent are more likely to be liberal in their political and immigration views than th
  
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• Credit card sensation: The hottest new plastic is metal

  08-09-2016 20:51
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The demand has been so overwhelming that the manufacturer ran out of raw material in just a few days. Enthusiasts extol its virtues all over the internet. Millennials are clamoring for
  
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• Wal-Mart: Coke display stacked like twin towers removed

  08-09-2016 20:45
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart says a display of Coke cans stacked to look like the World Trade Center at a Florida store has been removed and wasn't meant to be disrespectful near the anniversary of the Se
  
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• With hopes fading, lawmakers meet on energy bill

  08-09-2016 20:43
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Fading Congressional efforts to approve the first major energy bill in nearly a decade have been revived — for now. Lawmakers convened a long-delayed meeting Thursday aimed at findin
  
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• Gov. Jerry Brown extends nation's most ambitious climate change law as California charts new goal to reduce carbon pollution

  08-09-2016 20:41
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Jerry Brown extends nation's most ambitious climate change law as California charts new goal to reduce carbon pollution.
  
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• Dispute intensifies over Gabon presidential election

  08-09-2016 20:37
  
  LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — The dispute over Gabon's presidential election has intensified as opposition candidate Jean Ping is mounting a legal challenge and demanding a recount.
  
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